From Dogs & Devotion by the Monks of New Skeet Our experience teaches us that relating to a dog can be profoundly spiritual. In this book we have avoided religion and religious jargon and we generally avoid mixing religion with dog training. Nevertheless many of the ideas we hold about dogs have philosophical and spiritual…
Category: Spiritual Practices
Nonviolent Communication (Notes)
by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, PhD What would make life more wonderful for me? for them? we can resolve any conflict as everybody’s needs get met without coercion or violence Jackal language – language that makes it hard to give from the heart. criticism demand dominance don’t say “but” Giraffe ears – giraffes have largest heart…
Forgiveness (Notes)
Second coming of Christ is about forgiveness. Caroline Myss Release history through forgivenessbecome more light filled more time less in the act of forgiveness the role of forgivenessbecomes fully empowereddominates the matter worldtotally collecting your powermystical actof course he resurrectedwe can resurrect form anything that takes away our power He goes through everything that human…
Gregg Braden (Notes)
Notes From Human by Design by Gregg Braden It is mathematically impossible for the genetic code of life to have emerged through the process of evolution alone. Astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle described the equivalent of a tornado sweeping through a junkyard and assembling a jetliner from scattered debris. If we’re the result of something more…
Prayer (Notes)
“Prayer is communication from one’s heart to God.” -Anne Lamont From 21 Days of Prayer to Change Your Life by Angela Montano Prayer is deepest spiritual instinct and our greatest technology. Prayer is a spiritual practice that has existed long before religions were formed. It is the language of our hearts. Our simple practice is…
Proof of Heaven (Notes)
by Dr. Eben Alexander There is, some say, in God a deep but dazzling darkness. Black but holy darkness of the Core. Many universes, love lay at the center. Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible and without free will there could be no growth, no forward movement, no chance for us…
Mysticism (Notes)
Mysticism is antidote to fundamentalism. Rick Dorbin MAPS Not just believe in God but through direct experience come to know God. By deepening contact with Real Self that dwells in God. (Unknown) Mystical experience is typically described as dissolution of one’s ego followed by a sense of merging with Nature or universe. Noetic quality –…
Dr. Brene Brown (Notes)
Scarcity Elements Shame prone culture {scarcity thrives in shame prone culture of deep scarcity (never enough)} painful belief we are unlovable we are flawed and unworthy of love & belonging we experience shame as trauma shame based fear of being ordinary Comparison vulnerable to scarcity Disengagement Oppositie of scarcity isn’t abundance, it’s wholeheartedness, which at…
Dr. Martin Luther King (Notes)
Nonviolent Social Change Deep faith that justice will win. Do not seek to humiliate opponent but to call forth the good in the opponent. Nonviolence seeks friendship and understanding of the opponent.
Thomas Merton (Notes)
Very simple way of prayer…centered entirely on attention to the presence of God Adoring God as indivisible and infinitely beyond our comprehension Direct seeking of the face of the invisible, which cannot be found unless we become lost in God who is Invisible (from Hidden Ground of Love) Contemplation is becoming aware of how I…